Outdoor Lighting Repair vs. Replacement: 3 Things to Consider It seems like just yesterday you spent all that time and money lighting your house just perfectly with landscape lighting. But now you look outside and instead of a spectacular, welcoming well-lit home, your house looks half-lit by a dimwit. Where did the time go and can you salvage this lighting …
Key Items to Look for in a Proposal from Landscape Lighting Companies
So you’ve decided to beautify your home with landscape lighting. The first step is to find a good, reputable company to design and install your system. If you have received multiple quotes before for a project or service at your home, you’re aware how varied proposals can be from one company to the next for the same project. Some proposals …
Fall Leaves + Landscape Lighting = Fire Hazard
Fall is beautiful. The crisp air and the vibrant foliage to indicate a change of season. Football, long nights and family gathering around the fire pit. There are so many reasons to love fall. But, those beautiful fall leaves in combination with your landscape lighting system can create a dangerous fire hazard in your yard that you may not have considered. Last season, we …
LED Outdoor Lighting Vs Halogen Lighting: Which is Best for Your Lighting Design?
First, there is a place for both Halogen & LED outdoor lighting systems in the landscape. A lot depends on where you live and what your weather conditions are. For instance, someone living in Michigan that receives lots of snowfall every year would generally lean towards a Halogen lighting system due to heat generated from the lamps causing the snow …
Outdoor Lighting Ideas to Enhance Your Deck And Patio
The gentle fall breeze has taken over our evenings. What better time to crack open your favorite brew or a nice bottle wine and get outdoors. A few outdoor lighting upgrades in your backyard will transform your landscape to play host to some of the cosiest and intimate time with family and friends, all year long. Below are a few …
Daylight Saving: Is Your Outdoor Lighting System Ready?
On November 1st, we will celebrate one of my favorite days of the year. A day of which I wish we could observe several times a year. A day that I will sleep an extra hour without consequence – the glorious fall back from Daylight Saving Day. If you are a morning person, you may not have the same affection …
Outdoor LED Lighting For Finishing Touch
Did you overlook the finishing touch? Humor me for a moment and participate in a quick experiment: Imagine you’re walking out from your back door, stepping onto your spacious patio and into your newly designed outdoor entertaining space which has all the finishing touch with lovely Outdoor LED Lighting. Envision yourself enjoying a glass of wine and the company of …
2015 AOLP Landscape Lighting Conference
February brought another great landscape lighting conference to the industry courtesy of The Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals (AOLP) in San Antonio, TX. Each year the AOLP puts on an amazing landscape lighting conference, and this year there was no exception to that. The conference began with CLVLT (Certified Low Voltage Lighting Technician) testing and COLD (Certified Outdoor Lighting Designer) Year …
2015 AOLP Landscape Lighting Award Winners
2015 Landscape Lighting Company Awards Southern Exposure & Southern Lights were honored with the prestigious national lighting company award for the “Feature Focused / Specialty Lighting” project this year along with several other great lighting companies at The Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals (AOLP) annual conference in San Antonio, TX. 2015 Lighting Award- Best of Show Lighting …